In every single Turkish textbook I've ever seen, learners are advised to use geniş zaman for actions that are habitual or repeated, such as 'Every day I brush my teeth.' Why is 'öğreniyorum' better then 'öğrenirim' in this case?

In every single Turkish textbook I've ever seen, learners are advised to use geniş zaman for actions that are habitual or repeated, such as 'Every day I brush my teeth.' Why is 'öğreniyorum' better then 'öğrenirim' in this case?

In every single Turkish textbook I've ever seen, learners are advised to use geniş zaman for actions that are habitual or repeated, such as 'Every day I brush my teeth.' Why is 'öğreniyorum' better then 'öğrenirim' in this case?

Thanks, Rallino - that's cleared up a lot for me. Of course I trust native speakers over learning materials; I would say, though, that the main reason this is the 'number one mistake' made by learners is that the aorist is explained this way in all the textbooks, as far as I can tell. Perhaps you should write your own to correct the record?

In every single Turkish textbook I've ever seen, learners are advised to use geniş zaman for actions that are habitual or repeated, such as 'Every day I brush my teeth.' Why is 'öğreniyorum' better then 'öğrenirim' in this case?

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It is not the case here that you are telling something habitual or repeated. If you want to say that everyday you learn something new in Turkish, you should just say it as if you are making a progress on something. Rather than something repeated like brushing teeth, "Her gün yeni bir şey öğreniyorum" is to say you are experiencing something continually. It is not a routine like brushing teeth. If you brush your teeth everday, since it is a routine you can say for instance you will do it again tomorrow. But you wouldn't say certainly that you will learn something new tomorrow too. Perhaps because you don't know what it will be since it is the case of learning. That's how Turkish language sort of directs you to think of it may be. That is my guess.

It is not the case here that you are telling something habitual or repeated. If you want to say that everyday you learn something new in Turkish, you should just say it as if you are making a progress on something. Rather than something repeated like brushing teeth, "Her gün yeni bir şey öğreniyorum" is to say you are experiencing something continually. It is not a routine like brushing teeth. If you brush your teeth everday, since it is a routine you can say for instance you will do it again tomorrow. But you wouldn't say certainly that you will learn something new tomorrow too. Perhaps because you don't know what it will be since it is the case of learning. That's how Turkish language sort of directs you to think of it may be. That is my guess.

"Her gün yeni bir şey öğreniyorum" conveys an emotion, be it surprise, joy or frustration. "Her gün yeni bir şey öğrenirim", however, only states a fact. There's no stressing on how you feel about said fact or whether it even has any consequence at all when you use present tense here. You learn something new everyday, period.